While meeting a few colleagues over dinner, a visitor to Singapore asked if Ramadan was followed by many people in Singapore. Here is a visualization to help answer that question. Note that this data is from the CIA World Factbook. …

Can a country export more than it produces? Yes, because it imports goods which can be re-exported. Take a look at Singapore in the chart below. Note: Exports are not part of GDP. I have shown GDP only for comparison….

and it isn’t a problem. Here is the official government explanation. And here is my chart. Note I have used the data from the CIA factbook. Some of the data is not current. However, I suspect it is mostly representative…